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No.38 Impact Investors in the Microfinance Sector: Empirical Analysis of Debt Investment in Normal and Crisis Periods

  • AIBA Daiju
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  • Bomakara Heng
The microfinance sector relies heavily on foreign funding sources, making it vulnerable to fluctuations ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年04月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.6 The Identity and Networks of Uchinanchu in the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival－Based on the Survey on Festival Participants ―

  • KATO Junzo
The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, Okinawa Prefecture’s largest international convention, brings togethe...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年04月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.37 Human Security and Disaster in Rural Japan: Reflections from the 2020 Kyushu Floods

  • Lisette R. ROBLES
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  • Signy Goto-Spletzer
The paper reflects on the challenges faced by rural communities in Japan from the combined perspectives ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年04月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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No.36 Does Infrastructure Improve Human Well-being? Analysis of Japan's Subnational Human Development Index (1960–2020)

  • ISHIZUKA Fumiaki
Infrastructure affects a wide range of human activities. This paper examines the impact of infrastructur...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年03月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.12 The relocation of the capital of Indonesia under the Jokowi administration: Issues and government responses

  • ENDO Kei
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  • TAIRA Yasushi
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  • YAMAGUCHI Natsumi
Indonesia is in the process of relocating its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara (Ibu Kota Nusantara; IKN...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年03月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.35 The Impact of Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit on Road Congestion

  • YAMADA Eiji
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  • Yi Jiang
The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is the first rail-based urban mass transit system in Bangladesh and w...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年02月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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‘A New Style of Physical Education’ for a Brighter Future for Children: An Innovative Change in Cambodia by Friends Brought Together by Physical Education (Khmer version)

  • NISHIYAMA Naoki
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年02月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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No.34 Perceptions of Microfinance: Evidence from a Household Survey in Cambodia

  • SAMRETH Sovannroeun
This study examines how people perceive microfinance in Cambodia. Using data and information from a hous...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.33 Issues in Intangible Assets and Their Implications on Policy in Developing Economies

  • HARADA Tetsuya
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  • Rohinton P. Medhora
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  • NOZAWA Kayo
This paper discusses the importance of intangible assets and their implications on policy in developing ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.32 Infrastructure Development and Carbon Footprints of Household Consumption in India

  • KOBAYAKAWA Toru
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  • IHARA Tomohiko
Infrastructure development plays a critical role in enhancing quality of life by providing essential ser...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • Research area｜ Global Environment
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No.31 Flood Protection Investments in Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis

  • ISHIWATARI Mikio
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  • KAWASAKI Akiyuki
This comprehensive study examines flood protection investments and the damage trends in Indonesia, Japan...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2025年01月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.28 Japanese Emigration, Nikkei Communities, and Forced Migration: A Study from the Perspective of Human Security and International Cooperation

  • MUTO Ako
Using a human security perspective, this article examines support provided by Japan to Japanese emigrant...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年11月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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The Impact of Urban Piped Water Network on Water Use: Evidence from Mandalay

  • Yasuharu Shimamura
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  • Shimizutani Satoshi
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  • ASAOKA Hiroaki
Demand for water has dramatically increased in urban areas of many low- and middle-income countries, whe...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The Gendered Impact of Urban Piped Water Development: Evidence from Mandalay, Myanmar

  • Yasuharu Shimamura
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  • Shimizutani Satoshi
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  • ASAOKA Hiroaki
The rapid growth of urban populations has dramatically increased the demand for water. In many low- and ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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No.5 Public health-oriented response to COVID-19 in Bhutan: Addressing the shortage of human resources for health and medical facilities

  • WATANABE Kozo
Following the detection of the first case of novel coronavirus (hereafter referred to as COVID-19) in th...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Human Development
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Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action: Operational Challenges and Solutions for Supporting People on the Move

  • Lorenzo Guadagno
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  • Lisette R. ROBLES
Forced population movements are a defining feature of almost any humanitarian crisis, shaping the design...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Support
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State-Managed International Voluntary Service: The Case of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

Since its establishment in 1965, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs) have believed that they s...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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No.26 How Mental Accounting, and Financial Literacy Shape the Financial Situation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs): A Multinomial Logistic Regression Study

This study explores the factors affecting the financial situation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), u...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年10月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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The Impact of Urban Transportation Investment on Property Values: Evidence from the Jakarta’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

  • Shimizutani Satoshi
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  • Suzuki Tomoyoshi
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  • YAMADA Eiji
Urban transportation infrastructure remains underdeveloped in many low- and middle-income countries and ...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年09月
  • Research area｜ Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
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Translative Adaptation of Foreign Skills Formation Models: Cases of Japanese Development Cooperation in Southeast Asia

  • Mori Junichi
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  • OHNO Izumi
Skill development is one of the standard policy measures to support industrial development, together wit...
  • Date of issuance｜ 2024年09月
  • Research area｜ Development Cooperation Strategies
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